ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The University of Dayton women's basketball team continued its hot streak, winning its eighth of the last nine games with an 11-point victory at Saint Louis Sunday.

The Flyers (11-7, 5-1 A-10) handed the Billikens (14-4, 4-1 A-10) their first conference loss and just their fourth of the season in the 78-67 win.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1^st Quarter – Dayton 7, Saint Louis 15
The Flyers struck first with a three by junior Jenna Burdette to start the game. Both teams settled in early defensively and baskets were hard to come by. SLU didn't get its first point until the 5:38 mark on a free throw. By the media timeout, it was 5-1 in favor of Dayton. The Billikens started the game 0-for-10 from the field with their first four points coming from the line. SLU scored his first basket at the 2:32 mark in the first quarter to take a 6-5 lead, but redshirt senior Kelley Austria quickly answered with a layup to put UD back on top, 7-6. Saint Louis then woke up offensively and finished the last 1:43 of the quarter on a 9-0 run.

2^nd Quarter – Dayton 32, Saint Louis 29
Freshman Jayla Scaife opened up the second quarter with five quick points, followed by Burdette's jumper that pulled the Flyers back within one at 15-14. Austria hit a pair of free throws to put Dayton back in the lead at the 7:04 mark. SLU junior Jackie Kemph scored six straight points for the hosts, but Scaife hit another three to tie the game up at 21-21. The two teams traded buckets back and forth over the latter half of the second period, but Dayton managed to put a couple back-to-back and went into the locker room with a narrow lead.  

3^rd Quarter – Dayton 53, Saint Louis 48
Saint Louis came out and jumped back ahead of UD with five straight points. The Flyers settled in once again though and hung with the surging Billikens. Dayton would climb back in front only for SLU to counter with a basket of its own.  By the media timeout, the Flyers were down three, 40-37. After the media, Dayton responded and used a contested Scaife layup to lead 43-42 with under three minutes to play. Back-to-back three's by Scaife and Burdette made it a seven-point Dayton lead.

4^th Quarter – Dayton 78, Saint Louis 67
Flyers went into the final quarter with the lead and were determined to hold it. After foul trouble early in the game, senior Saicha Grant-Allen made her impact on both ends of the floor in the fourth. Her bucket in a busy interior put UD ahead 58-52 going into the media break. SLU went cold from the field and had a 4:50 drought while the Flyers extended their advantage to nine at 63-52. All of SLU's points in the first six minutes came at the free throw line. The Billikens attempted a comeback and got within five at 68-63. But fouling down the stretch put Dayton at the free throw line, where they clinched the game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Dayton shot 41.8% from the field, 42.1% from three-point range, and 70.6% from the free throw line.
• UD held Saint Louis to 31.7% shooting overall and forced 12 turnovers.
• Burdette led the Flyers with 21 points to go with five assists.
• Scaife added 16 points while Austria contributed 13 points. Junior JaVonna Layfield chipped in 13 rebounds as well.
• Grant-Allen had another double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds, her third of the season.
• In the first half, Dayton shot 44% while holding SLU to 28.1%. It was only the third time this season the Billkens trailed at halftime at home.
• To start the game, Dayton held SLU to 0-for-8 from the field going into the first media timeout. The Billikens' lone point came on a free throw.

KEY STAT

• 45 – There were 45 made free throws on 63 attempts between the two teams with Dayton going 24-of-34. The charity stripe proved to be a factor down the stretch as the Flyers hit their attempts with the Billikens trying to foul their way back into the game.

UP NEXT

• The Flyers are on bye midweek and resume action next Saturday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. against Saint Joseph's. It will be the Pink Game for Breast Cancer Awareness at UD Arena so be sure to wear pink.